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Long Way Down

3/3/20

By Khalid

Floor 7

7

In the Elevator

Buck

  • was first dead person to hop into the elevator
  • Shawn was scared to death that Buck was in the elevator
  • Buck was like a big brother to shawn

Person

Buck and his gun

When buck asked will why he has his gun he said that he has a job to do aka follow the rules.

detail 1

The sound of the Elevator

Detail 2

on page 96 it says the elevator "Vibrated and knocked around like the middle drawer". The middle drawer is where Buck's gun was when Shawn owned it.

Reality is...

The reason why Buck was in the elevator was to tell Will that he doesn't even know how to use a gun.

Detail 3

Quote

"I'm checking up on my gun"Buck said

Quote

Floor 6

6

Childhood Friend

Person

Will's childhood friend Dani, who's also dead, enters the elevator

Detail 1

Dani and Will liked each other when they were both alive

Detail 2

Dani was in the elevator to give will the reality that he might miss and kill an innocent person

Earlier End

It says in the book when Dani died Will only learned about the first rule; no crying. If Will knew about the other 2 rules he would've probably died.

Detail 3

Quote

Quote

"Then

the bus-stop

lean back

to get a glimpse

of the world.

But the metal barrel

dug into my back,

making me wince,

making me obvious

and wack." - Dani

Floor 5

Lights, camera, action!

5

The uncle

Will's uncle, Mark, enters the elevator

Person

The Play

Uncle Mark asks Will to tell him how's this plan of following the rules going to work.

Detail 1

Stage fright

Detail 2

Will at the end of the "play" in how he's going to follow the third rule, he stutters at the end when he was about to say "and shoot him"

The Reason

The reason why uncle mark was in the elevator was to ask will if he even has the guts to kill.

Detail 3

Uncle Mark

Quote

The end?

he murmured,

looking at Buck,

motioning for a light.

It’s never the end,

Uncle Mark said,

all chuckle, chuckle.

He leaned toward Buck.

Never.

Floor 4

Like Father Like Son?

4

Father?

Williams Father, who goes by Pop, enters the elevator.

Person

Stereotype

Will and Shawn grew up without their dad

Detail 1

Can never be too sure

When their dad went to get revenge for Uncle Mark, he actually killed the wrong person and that resulted in his death.

Detail 2

The Reason

Detail 3

The reason why Will's father was in the elevator was to tell Will that there's a chance that he might kill the wrong person

Pop

Quote

didn’t know

he wasn’t the right guy,

Pop said,

a tremble in

his throat.

I was sure that was Mark’s killer.

Had

to

be.

Floor 3

Ah, Frick.

3

Buck's Killer

The person who came on the elevator at level 3 was Buck's killer, Frick.

Person

He Didn't Mean it

Detail 1

Frick didn't actually want to kill Buck, he just wanted to steal from him to get into a gang but was aggravated, or provoked, to by Buck and so he shot.

Frick ain't really Frick

Detail 2

People call Frick because him and his sister have similar names; Frank and Frances. So people called them Frick and Frack.

Reason

Detail 3

The reason why Frick is in the elevator is because he's the one that killed Buck, that lead to Shawn killing Frick, most likely than not getting Shawn killed, and leading to what's Will about to do.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFank

"Actually, he only pulled the trigger once, so it was more like, bang." Frick corrected.

Quote

Floor 2

Big bro is big dead

2

Brother

Shawn entered the fray on level 2

Person

Cold Shoulder

Detail 1

When Shawn entered the elevator he greeted everyone and talked to everyone, but when he faced Will, he was silent.

Vent Drawer

Even though Shawn was silent, Will still talked to him about everything. As if Shawn was just something to vent to.

Detail 2

Broken Rules

In the elevator, both Shawn and Will started crying, therefore breaking rule number one.

Detail 3

Elevator Joke

"You coming

Quote

Important Things to know

Essential things in Long Way Down that need and explanation.

1

The Elevator

The elevator represents how trapped Will's life is. When he walks in he is in discomfort because of how confined it is and it gets worse because people who he believed to be dead walks in the elevator. Making him question about following the rules when they don't really mix well with his personal beliefs.

1

The Middle Drawer

2

The middle Drawer is the place where Shawn hid Buck's gun. He jammed the Drawer to keep the gun in and keep people out. It probably symbolizes the darkness or hidden side of Shawn because it says in the book it's the only out-of-place object in Shawn's side of the room.

L Button

3

When they were young, Will and Shawn said the L button on the elevator stood for loser, making whoever got out to the lobby was a loser. This meaning took a turn for the worse because Will was getting out the apartment to avenge his brother Shawn and that would be a lose-lose situation because Will would either get killed by someone who's avenging Shawn's killer or wind up in jail. Either way he will lose his life just like the rest in one way or another

Gun

4

The gun represents the cycle of pain and agony in Will's community. The most prominent moments that show us this is when Will picks up the gun for the first time and when his dad sticks the gun straight to his head. These two major moments told Shawn that he'd either have to sacrifice his childhood/innocence by killing Riggs or cut his life short by getting killed while trying.

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